- "But Isildur was overwhelmed by a host of Orcs [...] all his people were slain, among them were his three elder sons, Elendur Aratan, and Ciryon[.] Isildur himself escaped by means of the Ring, for when he wore it he was invisible to all eyes; but the Orcs hunted him by scent and slot, until he came to the River and plunged in." The Silmarillion, "On the Rings of Power and the Third Age", pg. 295